YOU GOTTA TRY THIS, PART 2
More dishes—including apple fritters, a French dip, chicken soup, and omakase sushi—that food-obsessed locals say are worth seeking out.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The stay-at-home order is likely to be extended.
••• Riviera resident in hot water for cutting down trees without a permit.
••• Restaurant told that staff meals are not allowed during lockdown.
••• Strange goings-on in a Montecito house.
••• Foster a pet this holiday season.
••• The history of a Queen Anne house downtown.
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FOOD STUFF
••• A tasting room with roof deck is opening in the Funk Zone.
••• Two more new cottage-industry food endeavors.
••• Loquita and Santa Barbara Sailing Center are partnering on outings (above).
••• Profiles of Section Wines and Rascal’s vegan food.
••• The Lark’s satisfying braised beef cheeks.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• An updated debris flow risk map has been released.
••• Trailhead kiosks have started popping up.
••• New plant shop in the works.
••• Snow in the forecast at two Santa Barbara malls.
••• Progressive new sticker company.
••• Carpinteria Street Bridge to be replaced.
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Recent Comments
Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy
You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
I agree about the skimpy wine pour. However, we loved the shared entrees (chicken and salmon) with their special rice. Yes there were leftovers but… — ElizabethW
That 5% would go to all employees proportionate to their hours I would presume compared to tips where more skilled staff take a higher percentage,… — Don
Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
What if, and bear with me here because this is complicated, restaurants just paid their staff normally and charged prices that reflected those expenses, i.e.… — Rich
Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan
I intensely to test Sur charges for the cost of doing business. Will they give back 5% profits to the patrons when they do extremely… — Geo